BRITISH STANDARD

BS 6019:1980
ISO 6240:1980
Recommendations for
Performance standards
in building: contents
and presentation
[ISO title: Performance standards in building Contents and
presentation]
UDC 69.001.3:006.83:001.818
BS 6019:1980
This British Standard, having
been prepared under the
direction of the Basic Data and
Performance Criteria for
Civil Engineering and
Building Structures
Standards Committee, was
published under the authority
of the Executive Board and
comes into effect on
31 December 1980
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The following BSI references
relate to the work on this
standard:
Committee reference BDB/1
Draft for comment 78/14946 DC
ISBN 0 580 11731 6
Cooperating organizations
The Basic Data and Performance Criteria for Civil Engineering and Building
Structures Standards Committee, under whose direction this British Standard
was prepared, consists of representatives from the following:
Agrment Board* Health and Safety Executive*
Aluminium Federation Incorporated Association of Architects and
Association of Building Component Surveyors*
Manufacturers Ltd. Institute of Building
Association of District Councils Institution of Civil Engineers*
Association of Metropolitan Authorities* Institution of Highway Engineers
Brick Development Association* Institution of Municipal Engineers
British Constructional Steelwork Association Institution of Structural Engineers*
British Precast Concrete Federation Ltd. Ministry of Defence*
British Woodworking Federation* Modular Society Limited*
Cement and Concrete Association National Caravan Council Limited
Concrete Society Limited* National Council of Building Materials
Consumer Standards Advisory Committee Producers*
of BSI* National Federation of Building Trades
Convention of Scottish Local Authorities* Employers*
Department of Education and Science* Royal Association for Disability and
Department of Health and Social Security* Rehabilitation*
Department of the Environment (Building Royal Institute of British Architects*
Research Establishment)* Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors*
Department of the Environment (Housing and Scottish Development Department*
Construction)* Timber Research and Development
Department of the Environment (PSA) Association*
Department of Transport Trades Union Congress*
Environmental Health Officers Association
Federation of Associations of Specialists and
Sub-contractors
The organizations marked with an asterisk in the above list, together with the
following, were directly represented on the Technical Committee entrusted
with the preparation of this British Standard:
Association of County Councils Greater London Council
British Ceramic Research Association Home Office
Constructional Steel Research and Individual expert
Development Organisation
Amendments issued since publication
Amd. No. Date of issue Comments
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Contents
Page
Cooperating organizations Inside front cover
National foreword ii
0 Introduction 1
1 Scope and field of application 1
2 Reference 1
3 Definitions 1
4 Clauses for inclusion in performance standards 1
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National foreword
This British Standard has been prepared under the direction of the Basic Data
and Performance Criteria for Civil Engineering and Building Structures
Standards Committee. It is identical with ISO 6240 Performance standards in
building Contents and presentation prepared by ISO/TC 59, Building
construction, and published in 1980 by the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO).
Terminology and conventions. The text of the International Standard has
been approved as suitable for publication, without deviation, as a
British Standard. Some terminology and certain conventions are not identical
with those used in British Standards; attention is especially drawn to the
following.
Wherever the words International Standard appear, in clauses 0, 1 and 3,
referring to this standard, they should be read as British Standard. Where the
words International Standard appear in 4.4, 4.5.2, 4.6.1 and 4.6.2 they should
be read as International Standard and/or British Standard. Where the words
International Standard or Guides appear in 4.6 they should be read as
International Standard or Guide and/or British Standard or Guide.
NOTE Textual error. In line 5 of clause 0, clause 2 should read clause 1.
A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a
contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application.
Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity
from legal obligations.
Summary of pages
This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii,
pages 1 and 2 and a back cover.
This standard has been updated (see copyright date) and may have had
amendments incorporated. This will be indicated in the amendment table on the
inside front cover.
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0 Introduction
This International Standard has a particularly wide
range of applications within the standards field, as
well as a number of further potential applications to
building documents incorporating performance
statements; these are described formally in clause 2
below. Its application extends to standards that are
wide-ranging in scope covering, for example,
groups of products or assemblies of
components as well as to the more customary
standards for specific products. Different kinds of
information on performance will be required in
these different levels of standards, and this
International Standard is intended to provide a
broad, common basis of headings and sequence for
arranging this information.
The scope of the information to be given will also
vary depending on whether the standard being
drafted
a) covers all relevant aspects of the performance
of a component or assembly, i.e. forms a
comprehensive performance specification or
statement;
b) is restricted to one or a limited number of
performance attributes, or
c) includes both performance requirements and
other types of requirement, for example for
aspects of material or construction.
The detailed guidance in this International
Standard relates to comprehensive standards
written in performance terms only [paragraph a)
above]. A measure of selection or interpretation will
be required to determine which aspects of the
guidance apply to standards of the other types
[paragraphs b) and c) above].
1 Scope and field of application
This International Standard specifies the basic
contents to be included in performance standards
for building components and assemblies, and
indicates a standard order for their inclusion.
It is intended primarily for use by standards
committees preparing performance standards for
building components and assemblies.
It should also be useful for the preparation of other
types of document, such as:
a) statements of required performance in building
regulations and other statutory documents;
b) statements of required or achieved
performance in guidance documents for building
designers;
c) statements of required or achieved
performance in contract documents for
purchasing components;
d) statements of required or achieved
performance in briefs and contract documents for
the construction of buildings as a whole;
e) statements of achieved performance in
descriptive documents about manufacturers
products.
NOTE A document covering preparation of performance
standards in building has been submitted for testing to the
sub-committees and ISO technical committees concerned.
2 Reference
When International Standards are being produced,
reference should be made to the Directives for the
Technical work of ISO, Part 3: Presentation of
International Standards, whose recommendations
for general layout should also be followed.
3 Definitions
For the purposes of this International Standard, the
following definitions apply:
3.1
component
a product manufactured as a distinct unit to serve a
specific function (or functions)
3.2
assembly
an aggregate of components used together
3.3
performance
(the) behaviour (of a product) related to use
4 Clauses for inclusion in performance
standards
4.1 Scope
Give the name of, or otherwise identify, the
component or assembly which is the subject of the
standard.
4.2 Field of application
Define the intended uses of the standard itself, and
of the component or assembly which is its subject.
Sufficient indication of any related uses to which
they are only partially applicable should also be
given in this clause.
4.3 References
Refer to the other relevant standards and
documents regarding applications.
4.4 Definitions
Define all specialized terms used in the standard,
following relevant International Standards.
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4.5 Purpose and context of use
4.5.1 Describe the role that the component or
assembly is intended to play in satisfying applicable
functional requirements, either solely or in
combination with other parts of construction.
4.5.2 Indicate the agents relevant to the
performance of the component or assembly
(for example the agents or actions to which it may
be subjected, or which it may generate under the
intended service conditions or range of conditions).
The factors shall be expressed quantitatively, and in
accordance with International Standards on means
of expression, where applicable.
4.6 Performance requirements
Performance requirements must be listed for final
use in the building and, if necessary, for supply,
transport, intermediate storage, handling and
installation, in accordance with any order
recommended in applicable International Standard
or Guides. A distinction may need to be drawn
between those requirements which always apply
and those which apply only in certain
circumstances, according to the purpose and
context(s) of use stated under 4.5.
Each performance requirement must be
defined (4.6.1) and then each requirement must
have specified methods of assessment or
verification (4.6.2) and performance values (4.6.3),
together with a commentary (4.6.4), if appropriate.
4.6.1 Definition of performance
Define each performance requirement in terms of a
function which is to be fulfilled, together with the
physical or chemical property or properties on which
assessment or verification will be based. Use terms
and expressions capable of quantification and in
accordance with any applicable International
Standards.
NOTE It may be necessary to define properties that a
component or assembly shall NOT possess, for example
unacceptable side-effects.
4.6.2 Methods of assessment or verification
For each performance requirement, describe fully or
cross-refer to:
a) the means (measurement, calculation, test or
method of examination) by which the achieved
performance of the component or assembly will be
assessed or verified; and
b) the means of predicting the performance over
time of the component or assembly.
Cross-references should be to International
Standards where possible.
4.6.3 Performance values
For each performance requirement, state upper and
lower limits to the range of acceptable performance
values or grades, against which the achieved
performance of any particular component or
assembly will be required to be stated.
Indicate the relationship of the values or grades to
the purpose and context(s) of use stated under 4.5,
giving appropriate increments for the selection of
specific values.
4.6.4 Commentary
Give any observations, examples or data that may
assist understanding.
4.7 Description of achieved performance
State any requirements for the description (for
example by manufacturers) of the achieved
performance of products complying with the
standard.
4.8 Applicability to certification
Give details of the standards applicability to
certification, making reference as necessary to
quality control procedures, marking, etc.
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